Connector

Abstract

A connector comprising a first connector provided with first terminals each of which has a movable portion formed so that a dimension in its width direction is larger than a dimension in its thickness direction to be elastically deformed in a fore-and-aft direction (Y direction) of the connector, and a second connector provided with second terminals each of which has a movable portion formed so that a dimension in its thickness direction is larger than a dimension in its width direction to be elastically deformed in a width direction (X direction) of the connector. As compared with a terminal formed so as to be sufficiently elastically deformable in both of the fore-and-aft direction and the width direction of the connector, it is possible to increase a cross-sectional area of each of the movable portions, so that a permissible value of current of each of the terminals can be increased.

The invention claimed is: 
     
       1. A connector comprising:
 a first connector attached to one of a pair of substrates that are arranged so that one surface of each of the substrates vertically faces each other; and 
 a second connector attached to the other of the substrates, the first and second connectors being fitted together to connect each of the substrates to each other, 
 the first connector including: 
 a first fixed housing that is fixed to the one of the substrates; 
 a first movable housing that is arranged so as to be freely movable with respect to the first fixed housing in a fore-and-aft direction of the connector; and 
 a first terminal that is provided with one end supported by the first movable housing and the other end supported by the first fixed housing, 
 the first terminal including a movable portion that is elastically deformable in the fore-and-aft direction of the connector, 
 the movable portion of the first terminal being formed so that a width of the movable portion corresponding to a width direction of the connector is larger than a thickness thereof corresponding to the fore-and-aft direction or a vertical direction of the connector, 
 one end and the other end of the first terminal being arranged in the fore-and-aft direction of the connector at an interval, and 
 the movable portion of the first terminal being arranged between the one end and the other end of the first terminal, 
 the second connector including: 
 a second fixed housing that is fixed to the other of the substrates; 
 a second movable housing that is arranged so as to be freely movable with respect to the second fixed housing in the width direction of the connector; and 
 a second terminal that is provided with one end supported by the second movable housing and the other end supported by the second fixed housing, 
 the second terminal including a movable portion that is elastically deformable in the width direction of the connector, 
 the movable portion of the second terminal being formed so that a thickness of the movable portion corresponding to the fore-and-aft direction or the vertical direction of the connector is larger than a width thereof corresponding to the width direction of the connector, 
 one end and the other end of the second terminal being arranged in the fore-and-aft direction of the connector at an interval, and 
 the movable portion of the second terminal being arranged between the one end and the other end of the second terminal. 
 
     
     
       2. The connector according to  claim 1 , wherein the movable portion is formed so as to bend in the vertical direction. 
     
     
       3. The connector according to  claim 1 , wherein the first terminal is provided with a contact portion that is brought into contact with the second terminal, and the second terminal is provided with first and second contact portions that are brought into contact with the contact portion of the first terminals, and that are elastically deformable, and wherein the first and second contact portions of the second terminal are arranged at an interval in a direction in which the connectors are fitted to each other.